Author's Note: I do not own Once Upon A Time or its characters. Just a fan

Emma let herself into the mansion through the back door. Taking off her shoes, she quietly made her way upstairs. She didn't bother knocking as she entered Regina's room. But she was surprised to see Regina was up.

"Hey, I thought you would be asleep," Emma said.

"I couldn't sleep. I was waiting up for you actually. We need to talk."

"That sounds ominous."

"I can't keep doing this."

"Oh," Emma said, and she took a seat on the edge of the bed. "So you want to stop this?"

"This … that is an appropriate moniker for it I suppose. It's not like you and I are in a relationship or anything like that," Regina said her voice beginning to shake a little as she got more upset. "It's not like I get to take you out to dinner, or take our son out for a sail."

"This is about Hook then," Emma said. "You have nothing to worry about there. I don't have any intention of sleeping with him."

"No, why would you, when you have your own personal whore right here."

"Regina, why would you say that? You know I don't feel that way about you."

"No I don't. I don't because whenever I try to talk to you about anything remotely close to feelings you shut me out. So why don't you tell me how you feel about me?"

Emma stood up. "There is no reason trying to talk to you when you are upset. You'll just be irrational and I've had a long day. I was hoping to come here and relax, but since that is the case I will just go."

As she got to the door Regina said, "don't come back."

"You don't mean that."

"Yes I do."